General Riddles

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

You need to spend a night in a building where there is no power. There are three rooms in this building. On the door of each room there are three different signs. One says "Lions Inside - anyone goes inside becomes their supper", the second one says "Open the door and a machine gun starts firing" and the third one says "Electric Room - touch anything and you will die". Which room would you choose?
Electric Room. Explanation:: There is no power in the building.

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?
A Cigarette

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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